Aims, mission and values

Aims and Mission

We aim to work with the communities around Bwindi to help them implement sustainable and holistic projects for which they have identified a need, helping them to overcome poverty and to build a better future.

Our charitable objects enable us to support a range of projects that promote education, healthcare, sustainable development and income generation. We also hope to work with other charities with compatible aims, increasing the profile of local organisations and accessing useful programmes such as those providing livestock and agricultural resources, IT equipment etc.

Friends of Bwindi do not have any religious or political affiliations.

Charitable Objects

The following is from our governing document (Trust Deed). The Trustees must apply the income of the Charity in furthering the following objects:

The relief of financial hardship, either generally or individually, among people living or working in Africa (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest, Uganda) by providing such persons with goods or services which they could not otherwise afford lack of means and by making grants of money for providing or paying for items services or facilities.
The relief of sickness and the preservation of health among people residing permanently or temporarily in Africa (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest, Uganda) by providing or assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities and services.
To advance the education of the public in Africa and of the pupils at schools in Africa (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest, Uganda) by providing and assisting in the provision of educational facilities, resources and staffing.
To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged communities of Africa (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest, Uganda) in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.
To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by:
(i.) The relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities of Africa (in particular by supporting the community around Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest, Uganda)
(ii.) The promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration.
(iii.) The preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources.

Sustainable development means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”